And now for something fun

Hey you ATR guys - I hate to be so stupid, but do you flare/land the
heavy iron with one hand or two? If two, at what size A/C do you
switch over?

nrp wrote

Hey you ATR guys - I hate to be so stupid, but do you flare/land the
heavy iron with one hand or two? If two, at what size A/C do you
switch over?

Most airliners have hydraulicly powered controls and those that don't,
have some form of aerodynamic boost. One handed flares are the norm
except in gusty wind conditions.

However, there is not nearly as much flare in a jetliner as there is
in GA type aircraft. The FAA deems that there is better control if the
aircraft touches-down at or near 1.3 times Vso. In the two Boeings
that I flew and instructed (B-707, B-727), at about 50', one would raise
the nose just about one degree to arrest the sink rate and then for the
smoothest landing, put the nose right back down to where it was during
the approach. The main landing gear is so far behind the center of
rotation that any continued flare movement would simply drive the main
landing gear onto the runway.

PS ATR went away back in the '70s, we're ATP now. :-)

Bob Moore
ATP B-707, B-727
PanAm (retired)